Improvement in hay-carriers



, hay perpendicularly UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIe IMPROVEMENT IN HAV-CARRIERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N o. 177,90 l, dated May 23, 1876; application filed April 7, 1876.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EDWARD L. WALKER, ot' Twin Grove, county of Green and State of Wisconsin, have invented a Hay-Carrier, of which the following is a specification;

The object of my invention is to elevate the from the load, and, after being raised asv high as desired, then to convey it any desired distance horizontally, using an ordinary horse hay-fork to lift the hay.

In the accompanying drawing, Figures l and 2, A A represent two pieces of scantling, which are secured to the rafters in a barn,`or tothe poles of a derriek -when used for stacking, either with bolts or cleats nailed thereto, allowing sufficient space between the scantlings for the carrier to pass.

The carrier consists of a sheaf-case, B, which has projections or lianges a a on both sides, to slide on the scantlings, and also projection b, to which the pendent catch C is at` tached, and projection c', to which the lever l) is attached. The pendent catch C is so.

hung as to have a' lateral motion, and susceptible of b'eing shoved aside laterally by any pressure 4that may be brought against it.

The lever D is attached to the sheatlcase B at the point c loosely, so that it may be operated up or down, and so arranged that the long or curved end will overbalance the short end, which is set againsta catch, d, fastened on the lower side of the scantling.

The pendent catch C has a pin, e, which, when the carrier is drawn backward, will strike and slide on the face of a guard, f, fastened to the scantling, which will produce in the pendent catch C a side oscillation.

The hoisting-rope E E has :its load to be elevated attached at g, and, just above this point, has a round plate, F, bolted or otherwise securely fastened to the rope, and the elevating power is attached to the hoistingrope at h, or is simply a continuation of the rope to such point where the power can be' hitched to it.

There is also fastened to the back end ot' the carrier a cord, i, which passes over a pulley, J, and has a weight, K, attached to it.

Now, when the horse or elevating power causes the load to move upward the lever D the pendent catch sets firmly against the catch d, and prevents the carrier from moving forward. When the plate f strikes and slides against the side of aside, allowing the plate to 4pass on; but as soon the plate F has passed the catch G the catch immediately drops back, and prevents the plate and the load from dropping down. This object accomplished, it is then safe to unlatch the carrier, so that it can move forward, and this is done by the draft continuing, and when the pla-te F strikes the lever or latch D it unlatches the carrier at d, and then, the draft still continuing, the carrier with its pendent load is drawn to any desired distance, where the load may be discharged, and while the load is thus going' forward the cord t', with its weight Kattached, is drawn upward; but when the load of hay or other material is dropped off, then the cord t', by mea-ns of the weight K,wi1l have sufficient force to return the carrier to the place from whence it started, and the pin c, by sliding on the guard f, will drive the pendent catch C away from under the plate F, and hence allow the hay-fork or other hoisting-instrument either to drop or be drawn down by means of a cord attached to it. 4

It must be noticed that the lever D must have sufficient play, so that the pin c may move forward a sufficient distance to liberate the catch (J before the lever D is set against the catch d, in order that the catch U may drop under and catch the plate E.

What I claim as my invention is 1. In a hay-carrier, a pendent catch, being so arranged that it may be shoved aside by a plate or fastening, bolted cr otherwise secured to the hoisting-rope, and operating substantially as described.

2. The combination of the sheatcase B pendent catch C, and lever D, in` the manner and for the purposes specified., and operating with the catch d and guard f, substantially as described. Y

v EDWARD L. WALKER.

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